The other thing is, if the Chantry controls phylacteries and the making thereof, they must also have the resources required to teach someone how to do it. The Chantry isn't made up of mages. It can't be only handed down directly, mentor to student; anything could happen.
If resources exist, resources can be acquired. Maker, we might even have them already, if we start looking. The Inquisition has thrown everything it could at the war effort — we were part of it for years. Riftwatch's earliest supplies all came from there. We had things from Circles, I'm sure. There was that clusterfuck with the phylacteries that had been found — what else was just lying around?
( she's only speculating, but it's promising speculation. )
We might take the time to discreetly begin checking any abandoned or destroyed Circles. I'm aware that the valuables have walked away, but if there are papers, books, those might still be for the taking.
[ speaking of— ]
Ask Julius what he recalls of the process. It might be we can parse how to replicate it from his memory of it, even if he never learned officially.
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I don't think Stark is very mysterious.
( —that's probably because they're very alike, which perhaps explains why he is to silver. anyway, )
From you — I'm not sure, yet. If we hit dead ends trying to find the kind of mage we need, we might need to get creative.
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[ understatement. But that being said— ]
Though that may mean they're unfamiliar with the concept. I'll have to make a list, see who might be of use if you have need for it.
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If resources exist, resources can be acquired. Maker, we might even have them already, if we start looking. The Inquisition has thrown everything it could at the war effort — we were part of it for years. Riftwatch's earliest supplies all came from there. We had things from Circles, I'm sure. There was that clusterfuck with the phylacteries that had been found — what else was just lying around?
( she's only speculating, but it's promising speculation. )
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[ speaking of— ]
Ask Julius what he recalls of the process. It might be we can parse how to replicate it from his memory of it, even if he never learned officially.